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06-15-2012, 03:31 PM
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Holy moses. Somebody needs a fresh tampon!
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06-15-2012, 03:51 PM
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Good at being Evil
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PPL and Met Ed were underjoyed when I upgraded a couple services in the Poconos and tied them in with LIPA connectors. There was a whole procedure involving pulling a permit, getting an inspection , installing jumpers to energize new panel and waiting for them to hook up new service. I managed to bypass all of that.
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06-15-2012, 04:17 PM
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But that was not what I was saying, I am saying is if you do the reconect and lets say their is a mistake that causes harm you will be much more screwed than if you had done things the right way.
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06-15-2012, 04:33 PM
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06-15-2012, 04:45 PM
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(And Pete, the 'C'mon, you know that's how every' argument is pure B4T, when did you become the hypocrite that Harry is? ) |
What does pure B4T mean.. do tell.. 
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06-15-2012, 04:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Shockdoc
PPL and Met Ed were underjoyed when I upgraded a couple services in the Poconos and tied them in with LIPA connectors. There was a whole procedure involving pulling a permit, getting an inspection , installing jumpers to energize new panel and waiting for them to hook up new service. I managed to bypass all of that.
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LIPA likes the idea of us doing their job so it lets their service guys work on other projects..
The guys in Pennsylvania might just be out to protect their jobs..
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06-15-2012, 06:14 PM
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We all and I include myself in that have double standards.
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06-15-2012, 07:30 PM
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Get permit, POCO cuts power, EC does work, inspector releases job to POCO via FAX, POCO re-connects power & re-installs meter.
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Same here
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06-15-2012, 08:34 PM
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We all and I include myself in that have double standards. |
That's impossible.
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06-16-2012, 07:22 AM
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meter pulls depend on the poco here
and yes BBQ, it's my a*s to do a reconnect, but consider>
Nat Grid wants an inspection before a reconnect
an inspection requires a permit pulled
the state of NH insists townships provide permits
the town of Alstead NH will have no part of unfunded state mandates
customer stays in dark due to dueling bureacracies, until the one of 3 state inspectors who usually are in NH metroplis' find their way out to God's country.....
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06-16-2012, 07:36 AM
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What does pure B4T mean.. do tell.. |
Lol. I am getting a t-shirt that says pure b4t! Here as long as you are licensed by the state you can pull,cut,reconnect and the inspector codes it on his paperwork to poco. I guess the license has some sort of magic power to protect me! Lol
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06-16-2012, 09:35 AM
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It depends on the power company in Delaware. We have two main poco's and many municipalities. The municipalities generally work with us except don't touch a meter seal or service in Milford [city will have you escorted off the site in silver bracelets]. A few others will let us break the seal and pull meter for checking meter pans and isolating service lateral issues.
Delmarva Power is the largest poco in Delaware and they also don't want anybody to touch their services at all.
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06-16-2012, 05:13 PM
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i pull them and toss them on the ground all the time. The seals our poco uses, you can just pull hard on them and they come off, then you slap the meter back in, give it a thump and "re-seal" it.
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06-17-2012, 08:54 AM
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Some utilities in my area will not let the contractor pull the meter for service work , you must have a lineman pull and reinstall. What is the policy were your at?
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Same thing in NC
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06-17-2012, 08:55 AM
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Originally Posted by TOOL_5150
i pull them and toss them on the ground all the time. The seals our poco uses, you can just pull hard on them and they come off, then you slap the meter back in, give it a thump and "re-seal" it.
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I've done that before. The customer never got the scary $500 fine
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06-17-2012, 10:00 AM
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We generally do everything here in southeast Michigan. Alot of the old meters have been changed over to the smart meters that monitor power, and they call home when removed. At some point if that happens the poco will show up to make sure there's no funny business, then be on their way.
If it's still an old shoe-box meter or something we install jumper bars and hang the old meter off the new one for a final reading.
What do most people use to make the connections? I have used split bolts, parallel connectors and insulated crimp connectors. The crimp connectors are by far the fastest cheapest and easiest imo. you need the crimper but that's a useful tool to have anyway.
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06-17-2012, 10:01 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by chicken steve
meter pulls depend on the poco here
and yes BBQ, it's my a*s to do a reconnect, but consider>
Nat Grid wants an inspection before a reconnect
an inspection requires a permit pulled
the state of NH insists townships provide permits
the town of Alstead NH will have no part of unfunded state mandates
customer stays in dark due to dueling bureacracies, until the one of 3 state inspectors who usually are in NH metroplis' find their way out to God's country.....
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Looks like the customer better hire you because if they hire the company I work for we will not reconnect it.
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06-18-2012, 09:11 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by papa
Some utilities in my area will not let the contractor pull the meter for service work , you must have a lineman pull and reinstall. What is the policy were your at?
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Pull a permit then pull the meter.
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06-18-2012, 09:20 PM
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Quote:
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In National Grid territory we do it all here- cut the drop, pull the meter, reconnect. It requires a permit and inspection of course.
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SCE here was (is?) the same. Last service change I did was over 10 years ago though.
Back in the day if you DIDN'T cut, pull, reconnect yourself they would seriously question if you were qualified.
I had good rapport with SCE, they routinely gave me spare seals, rings and blank covers anytime I asked for them.
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06-18-2012, 09:53 PM
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Originally Posted by mxslick
SCE here was (is?) the same. Last service change I did was over 10 years ago though.
Back in the day if you DIDN'T cut, pull, reconnect yourself they would seriously question if you were qualified.
I had good rapport with SCE, they routinely gave me spare seals, rings and blank covers anytime I asked for them.
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I like it when they give the lugs for the cut in...
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